Weather watch for the SCC 2012

If anything, a little too hot by Sunday...

Ben, remember your "Factor 30".

Further input from R&A....

 Roger and Alan have been at it again just before the start of SCC 2012 'Shorter, Slower, Weaker, Worse' this coming Friday 15th June.  

R&A, Rules and Amateur Status – Governing and Educating Principal Changes 

Introduced into the 2012 Code Rules of Golf 

Definitions

 'Camels (camel, uurrrgghhhhh, or any variation thereof)'
  Camels are whereby a group of two of more golfers try to complete a round of golf by going in as many bunkers as possible then hoping that they wont be the last person to enter a bunker during the round. The fine for any entry into a bunker is 20p, steadily increasing in this multiple as the fellow golfers enter bunkers during their round of shoddy tee shots/chips/knobs of the fairway. If the player is scabby enough to get up and down from the bunker they entered then the running total is passed back to the last person to enter a bunker. To clarify that if only one golfer is hilariously enough the only person to enter a bunkers during the whole round then the fine sticks with that player. It is encouraged for all golfers to aim for bunkers on the 18th hole and not to 'girl-out' by aiming straight for the green, but this is up to the individual female in question (Nick).

 Rules 

 Rule 18-2b. 
Ball Moving After Address 
 A new Exception is added that exonerates the player from penalty if his ball moves after it has been addressed when it is known or virtually certain that he did not cause the ball to move. For example, if it a player has the nose capacity to inflict solid objects to bend during or after a sneeze, if it is this bogey infested gust of wind that moves the ball after it has been addressed, there is no penalty and the ball is played from its new position. Trousers, shirts or shorts of the others player may be changed without penalty due to excess nose gold being deposited on their various parts.

 Rule 27-Massive C. 
Water Proofs, Hand Warmers, Wet Suits.
No player may now wear or use any device designed to prevent the absorption of rain or any other precipitation due the fact that we are not 'little girls' who cry at the first sight of rain. Hail is to be embraced, snow is to be shunned at and wind is to be pissed into in a high arc.'

THE SCC RULES

I am pleased to be able to provide a revised set of SCC rules. Without wishing to place greater importance one clause over any another, I would like to draw competitors attention to clause 12 as it is an etirely new addition.

1. No practice rounds are permitted at the host club within 2 months of the tournament.
2. The format is that of a three team stableford competition.
3. The handicap limit is 28.
4. Teams are to be drawn during the draw on the evening before the competition begins.
5. The 3-ball playing groups will be confirmed during the draw on the evening before the competition begins. Groups are organised such that everyone plays with everyone else, except for their team members.
6. Teams will be drawn from 3 pots, with one player from each pot in each team. In the first year, the ‘rankings’ will be determined by handicap, with the lowest 3 handicappers in pot A (therefore not in the same team), the next 3 handicappers in pot B and so on. The pots in the following years will be determined by total points scored over the 3 rounds of the previous years event, with the highest 3 point scorers in pot A, the next highest 3 in pot B and so on…
a) in the event that player totals are tied, for the purposes of deciding who enters which pot, players will be seperated by count-back of scores over rounds, starting wilth round 3, then round 2 and finally round 1. If scores are still drawn, the player with the larger nose shall be entered into the higher pot.
7. Each player is required to mark the card of one of their playing partners (and their own score). The SCC Scorer spreadsheet requires gross scores only. Full handicap stableford scoring will be calculated when scores are added to the spreadsheet after each round.
8. In rounds 1 & 2, the best 2 stableford scores on each hole from your team will be counted. In the final round all 3 scores on each hole will be counted. This is accounted for in the SCC Scorer spreadsheet.
9. When two rounds are played in one day, a lunch time drink of 2 pints should be taken by all players (this can be altered at the opening ceremony each year on agreement of at least 5 of the 9 competitors).
10. Failure to clear the ladies tee on any competitive round during the SCC is punishable by having to play the resulting second shot with trousers (or shorts) around the ankles.
a. As in most instances, Nick will have “pulled in a favour” to get us on the course, should this occur on a tee in clear view of the clubhouse, the player should play the second shot of the next hole with trousers (or shorts) around the ankles.
b. Should the offending player be “going commando”, the punishment should be stored up for the bar when the player will have had the opportunity to find some underwear. Trousers (or shorts) must then be worn around the ankles whilst the first pint is drunk.
11. At the request of the golf club (and given that they have allowed us a 50% discount) we are requested to ensure that we keep up with speed of play (we will be amongst a club competition on the Saturday).  This requires that players unable to score points on a given hole either ‘pick up’ or play quickly and move on to the next hole.  In 3 balls we should be taking no longer than 3 ½ hours per round.
12. In the event that a participant is unable to sport a suitably bad shirt on Saturday night, they will be required to order a very gay drink. Said drink must then be necked at the bar, with pinky well and truly out.
For the avoidance of any doubt, a shirt must be considered to be bad by a majority of the group. Also, as an example a Malibu and Coke is a very gay drink.

I'm sure that having read the rules, you will be excited at the mention of the SCC Scorer Spreadsheet. Be assured that this is as cool as you anticipate!

Look - a - Likes Unveiled ....

It is with great pleasure that the SCC Press Team can finally release this years offical SCC 2012 poster. They have gone to great lengths and performed many reach arounds to assemble this year ensemble. Unfortuantely due to Engelbert Humperdinck (Matt 'The Length' Miller) Eurovision schedule (and fucking rediculous name) they have had to photoshop how he might have looked using previously posted blog photos. The poster is available in various sizes at increasing costs, and due to huge demand from 2011 this year we are offering a wank resistant coating for a nominal fee of £1.50, with this you will also recieve a free talking audio book of Nick 'Just Call Me Serge' Brooker taking you through his past five years rounds shot by shot. Enjoy

Images of Si Porter at previous SCC events

At Aberdovey

At Royal St. Davids

At Pennard

At Nefyn

and finally..........EVERY TIME SIMON!!!

SCC 2012 lookylikey's

As part of the build up to SCC 2012, blogspot has decided to run an open competition for all SCC followers / groupies to post blogs as to who their favourite SCC players remind them off from the world of other celebrities.

The first set comes from Mrs E Williams who has decided on a sporting theme and has therefore compared all 9 SCC contenders to sporting heroes as follows:

Ben Williams - easiest and best lookylikey of them all, obviously Bastian Schwiensteiger.

Mattkinson - Two different options, ex England Manager Fabio Capello, or arguably a more accurate comparison, Xabi Alonso

Nick Brooker - based on ball striking it would have to Nick Faldo, although from a looks perspective a taller bigger boned (!) version of Sergio Garcia

Neil Gayton - As a result of a very similar golf swing... Jim Furyk!

Chris Seddon - the link here is huge length (on the golf course, before any rumours start) and weird back leg during his swing... Bubba Watson.  Although Jay from the Inbetweeners is still a cracking lookalike!

Simon Porter - Elle genuinely says that she thinks Si Porter is a white version of Tiger Woods purely based on looks, although I do see some similarities between the two on the golf course!

Matt Miller - Struggling for a sporting lookalike of Matt Miller, neither of us know many 50 / 60 years olds so we have less knowledge of sportmen from Matt's era. Irrespective of who Matt looks like, I have discovered that he also participates in another golf society and has been trying to enlist Ben Williams into this other society - Matt, the SCC committee need to question you about the following website - www.bngs.org.uk/golf_web/index.html

Dom Williams - Elle's view is that there is only one Dom Williams, apparently no-one else even gets close to his boyish good looks, natural charm and general all-round good blokeishness (!)

Pet Bumwell - Harry Potter playing quiditch or if that isn't allowed as a result of a tenuous link to sport how about a slightly heavier version of G-Mac?

Now then fellas, lets have a few more views on potential lookylikeys!

Laters

'The Road Hole'

So you want to hear about the 17th at "The Home of Golf", well sit back and prepare yourself because this is going to take a while.

"As you walk off the 16th green at St Andrews, you can see the daunting task ahead. A blind tee shot played well over the 'Lion' on the side of the hotel would leave a nice 160 yard shot to the narrow green, avoiding the inviting bunker to the front left of the green. Behind there is no relief from the tarmac road or gravel path, so best to to play short.

I was playing a blinding round of 18 over at this point, and could feel the winds shifting. This was it, this was my moment. Music started to drift in on the scottish breeze, the clouds parted and the sun started to shine. Yes, this was going to be good. 355 yards to go.

I aimed slightly to the right of the 'Lion', took a solid practice swing, addressed the ball and nailed it. Nailed it with a duck hook approximately 60 yards left of where I was aiming. 230 yards to go.

After waiting for people to tee off the 2nd hole, I found my ball slightly tee up on a lovely piece of rough. Knowing that I could lay up in front of the green from here I took a 3 iron. Not a great choice! A slightly uppish downswing placed the ball dead straight, but only 120 yards dead straight. 110 yards to go.

After taking a read from Neil, and given the confident talk of 'You only get to play this shot once', I addressed the ball with a pitching wedge. The scene before me playing over in my mind. 110 yards into a narrow green, flag placed directly behind the bunker. A solid PW would leave a tap in for my par. I can feel the club move backwards, pause, then down. Clean strike, I look up to catch the balls flight. But wait, it's not there. I look down at my feet to what can only be a golfers worst nightmare. The ball was still where it had lay previously. I had taken an air-shot. An air-shot on the most famous hole in golf. 110 yards to go.

After crying inside, I re-composed myself and managed to get a good clean strike on the ball (fat) and landed promptly in the middle of the bunker, where is was immediately joined by Neil, Nick and Matkinson. 10 yards to go.

The ball was lying fairly neatly, but the lip of bunker was telling me different stories, I opened up my 54 degree and majestically lifted the little blighter out. Yes maybe a bit big but I had got it out. 15 yards to go.

Now, I have never played off tarmac before so this was a new one for me. 7 iron I thought. 7 iron was wrong. I hit the steep roughy bank and came back down the incline. 10 yards to go

Much as I have never played of tarmac, I don’t often play off gravel either. 7 iron again I thought. Oh no, no, no. 7 iron was still the wrong club. Same result as last time. 10 yards to go.

Maybe it was just a back connection, 7 iron stays out of the bag, this time managing to reach the edge of the green, teetering on the precipice, but its there. 8 yards to go.

So I had made the green (fringe), time for a putt. 'Come on Peter, you can still get this putt' the crowd roared. Solid strike, I wasn't going to be short. 6 foot to go.

Neil gives me the putt and a hug.'

So how did I follow this 6 over hole? Yes, with a triple. Kerrching.

Pyle and Kenfig, bring it on!

SCC unveil major new sponsor

...........................BREAKING NEWS...............................

In a brief statement from SCC HQ, it has been confirmed that Nike Golf has clinched the deal to be the kit sponsor for the coming few editions of the SCC.

It appears that while in the past they were keen to endorse the title bids of Birmingham and Nottingham they wanted nothing to do them Manc lot! There stance has since been softened by the re-signing of Windy Miller for this years event and his brown nosing antics are sure to win over the fans and try and get some good Nike press after the shhhhhh (Tiger affair).

More to follow.........(probably not!)

Return to competetive golf "couldn't have gone better" says SCC returnee Miller

Hole in one! The magic words all golfers love to hear. Matthew Miller, 67 this July, celebrates his first ever below: Whilst facing a tough tussle with his wife in the inaugral 'Mead Open Farm Crazy Golf Challenge', Miller showed his warm up regime was starting to pay dividends. Revelling in the extreme pressure from his wife (of whom it has been noted by no lesser an authority than S. Guyton esq that she is "the purest striker of a ball in the Guyton family" ho ho Neil!) , Miller strode purposefully to the 7th tee and stroked his putt unerringly into the hole.

An added bonus for Miller appeared in his discovering his 'ball of choice' for this year's SCC:

Captain Williams is 'Court Out'

Here at Age Concern we take all discrimination seriously. It appears that one of our elder members, 83 year old Matthew Miller of Tring, is considering bringing action against this year's SCC Captain, Dominic Williams for deliberate and blatant 'Age-ism' in 'dropping him like a bad habit' from this years update email. In news sure to send ripples of shock round the SCC world, he has discounted consulting fellow SCC'er Mattkinson for legal advice as he found him "too expensive and doesn't fancy being charged £250 an hour to talk to his secretary". Miller has instead gone with the vastly experienced Doris Spaniels-Ears, pictured here at recent celebrations for her 100th consecutive case win (i think):

The latest issue of 'Saga' will have a full interview with Mr Miller. In it he recounts his fond memory of the last SCC he attended (winning it) and notes how much he is looking forward to triumphing in this years 'Nose Off' with the 'vaguely' better looking Williams brother.

The best of the SCC 2011

To be read aloud in classic American golf broadcasting voiceover voice:

With the days getting dark and the weather cold, and as the end of 2011 draws nigh, CBS Sports, in association with Nevada Bobs and local sponsors, brings you the very best moments of the SCC 2011…

They came in their thousands.

There were legends to be made.

Heroes. Dreams.

Massive Cs.

The wind whistled across the cliffs of Nefyn.

For some competitors, it was all a bit too much:

So which were the best shots played? The shots we’ll remember forever. The ones to tell the grandchildren about.

The following six have been unscientifically selected by the CBS panel.

6. At number six is Nick Brooker’s three-wood approach vs Liverpool to the par 5 fourth. Nick and Seds had both put their tee shots miles left, safely avoiding the cliffs on the right. Ben and Matt had taken a more aggressive line and were busy hacking their way up the middle/in the sea. Nick then delivered a blistering three-wood approach shot to set up a putt for eagle. Seds also played an excellent approach, again with a three-wood, but we’ll give most credit here to Nick’s superb shot.

5. At number five is Seds’ tee shot vs Nottingham at the 18th. This was hit just to the right of the green, which Seds nearly carried, before smacking into the clubhouse and rebounding towards the first tee. A number of confused members' heads appeared briefly at the window.

4. At number four is Si Porter’s tee shot vs Manchester at the par 3 fourteenth. Si, with two shots on this hole vs Manchester, hit a lovely lofted tee shot to five feet, then, to everyone’s delight, holed the putt.

3. At three is Pete Bramwell’s putt for birdie against Nottingham on the 18th. Pete had set things up nicely with a drive just short of the green. Dom having then failed to concede the short putt, Pete promptly missed it, to the delight of the assembled galleries. Bad luck!

2. At number two (some might say it should be number one) is Neil’s perfect tee shot to the 18th against Nottingham. Neil’s shot was well judged and hit the bank at the front of the green, skipping up and slowing down to arrive five feet from the hole, setting up an easy eagle putt.

1. And at number one is... wait for it...

Seds’ brilliantly judged tee shot on the 13th vs Birmingham.

The Nefyn website reads:

“Spectacular risk and reward par four – the risk, attempting a 200 yard carry over the bay, the reward, a short pitch to a green set between two rocky outcrops. For the faint-hearted, bail out right leaving a medium to long iron second.”

Seds ignored all of that.

His daring style was to use a spot half way down the cliffs to bring his ball back into play:

Amazing! Birmingham were not completely chuffed with this turn of events.
As Matkinson explained to help calm Nick down: “you’ve got to take the rough with the smooth”.

Very, very smooth. Heroes.

[It may be that there are other shots I can’t remember/didn’t see that also deserve mention in the above. Particularly by Ben/Dom?! Feel free to comment!]

Posthumously, humorously, 2011.

It has been nearly a couple of weeks now, and no reports since SCC 2011 was dramatically won again by Team Manchester. It was a fraught weekend where this yeas underdogs, Team Nottingham, managed to fight (amazingly) for the SCC Cup in an incredible battle against Team Manchester. In the end the most attractive team won, but only by a bum hair's whisker on the 17th hole when the heavens opened, and the angels smiled on Team Manchester.

Team Manchester stalwart and 5 time winner had this to say:

"Well what can I say that hasn't been said already. It was a tough final round and it's a shame that the trophy couldn't be shared between teams. But as it goes, im glad that the prettier team won. Yes, Dom has the balls and the looks, Si has the smile and the swing, but unfortunately in golf sometimes it just comes down to golfing ability which i was pleased to showcase on the 18th green!"

We are waiting to hear from this years wooden spoon winners and from the new incoming member (and previous SCC winner) Matt "Who's your Grandaddy" Miller on next years events, but as is with the SCC blog, we probably wont be hearing much for at least the next 10 months.

So until April 2012, adieu x

Croeso at Porthmadog, Tim Anian

Speculation mounted tonight that Team Liverpool are attempting to engratiate themselves yet further with North Walers by staging one of their famous warm up rounds tomorrow (Thursday).

The above banner, "Welcome to Porthmadog, Team Genius" was spotted at yesterday's SCC Opening Ceremony (see story below).

If true, Porthmadog would join such prestigious courses as Machynys Peninsula GC, which last year reported a surge in bookings after Matkinson played his best golf of the weekend, hammering his teammate over 18 immediately prior to last year's SCC.


In other news, Matkinson remains tight-lipped as to his ball sponsorship deal for this year's event.

He would say as follows, however: "It's all about finding a ball which the others won't laugh at too much, but at the same time not spending too much money because, let's face it, Nefyn is quite close to the sea."

"In short, it's all about...professional distance."

Expectation rises as crowds gather.

With only one more sleep before the teams meet in the coastal town of Abersoch, local residents last night celebrated with the annual SCC opening ceremony.

Covered by the SCC's official sponser, Today's Golfer, we can clearly see the excitement of those who attended. Although it was only a relatively small affair due to the current economic climate and also due to the key missing element of Team Manchester, Matt 'I'll be back' Miller, the 400,000 strong crowd managed to party the night away.

Local ruffian and leek lover, Glynn Gfflyyywwnt said, "I can't believe that we are only one night away from the arrival of the SCC lads. I have been tugging myself around the house with excitement for more that a week now, i can't belive that the day is nearly here."

With the local bars now cleared out of all booze from last nights little shin-dig, it will certainly have to be a quick replenishment operation before the offical draw for tee times on Thursday night. The quick thinking captain for SCC 2011, Nick 'Homo' Brooker has been praised for his quick thinking in ordering in plenty of booze to keep the competitors well watered during Thursday evening.

In other news, Seddon, your a 'C'.

Until tomorrow, i wish you all well and a safe journey. ARAF!

SCC 2011 chiefs confirm Tournament to go ahead

The golfing world was rocked on Saturday to here the tragic news of Seve Ballesteros. The golfing legend lost his three year battle with brain cancer and will be sorely missed. SCC officials had long debates on the 2011 competition and the international committee have finally decided the tournament to proceed. This comes with huge relief to the golfing world and the event will be seen as a fitting tribute to a true legend of the game.



One SCC team in particular had special ties with the Spanish matador. Team (wooden spoon) Nottingham have had a number of coaching sessions from Mr Ballesteros over the years as they valued his recovery shots after driving into the 'severe shit' of the links terrain. Team Nottingham star Simon Porter has been working on a specific shot to add to his armoury for this years 54 hole battle. (This shot can be viewed below by clicking on the link) Mr Porter (62) is looking for ways to bring his 36 handicap into play by the time the games reach each putting surface and has found that Seve was just the man. The green team may not hold any green jackets but are hoping for a good run this year and being in the mix come SCC Saturday following a hearty breakfast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5JfA1D1pkc

With only three sleeps to go until the trip to the Welsh coast, preparations are hotting up for the opening ceremony. The worlds broadcasting channels are arriving today following the scoreboards and spectator stands erection. I think we can all agree, its gives us a twitch of the pants just to think of it all.



Over and Out

Match Fixing Scandal continued...

Dom 'swinging like a true 28 handicapper' Williams remains tight lipped over recent match fixing allegations following their recent odds drop to lose all three games at this years SCC, he made no real comment about the allegations in a recent interview with Razzle where he was quoted as saying:

"I will not be commenting on the recent allegations that Team Nottingham will throw matches at this years SCC, however I will say that we are starting to take breakfast orders for SCC 2012!"

The statement above does nothing to confirm or deny the allegations, however it is likely that his throw away comment was meant in jest!

Match Fixing Scandal, Latest News.....

BREAKING NEWS >>>>>>> BREAKING NEWS >>>>>>>>

Report by Team Manchesters' rock, Peter 'Legend' Bramwell.

I'm live here outside SCC headquarters in the beautiful City of Manchester, home to the winning team of the SCC for 4 out of the 5 past years.

We have heard this morning of the scandalous news that one of this years teams has been accused of potential match fixing. We must stress that at this moment there is no hard evidence to back up the allegations, but it is very hard to deny when you look deeper into this teams history and also their preparations for this years event.

Team Nottingham's odds on william hill, the SCC's betting agent of choice, dropped dramatically last night from 6-5 to evens on the back of speculation that they may be the first team to lose all three of their SCC matches in one tournament. Of course at first most people thought this was just the bookies playing safe, but it has come to light that this apparent poor run of form is just a myth.

Since the court approved super-injunction was lifted on Team Nottingham's stalwart Simon 'SIMON' Sporter and Team Nottinghams lesser Williams, Dom 'Huge C' Williams, SCC have been given access to Mr Sporter's and Mr William's golf lesson register. It appears that huge amounts of money have been donated from an unknown company listed at IBM. Who this company is and what they do, cannot be found, but it appears that they have the funds to pay for the £300,000 spent on lessons, Top Flite balls and Donnay Slammers. Incredibly out of the 240 hours of lessons paid for by IBM, Mr Sporter was listed as the intended recipient of 180 hours of them and only attend 20, whilst Mr Williams was awarded the remaining 60 hours but only received 20 minutes.

This is the shocking news which has rocked the golfing world, and the only question which is remaining to be answered is did they not attend the lessons to lose on purpose?! We hope to hear from this years SCC captain Nick 'Massive Baby' Brooker any time soon, and im sure that Nottingham themselves will soon release a press statement. We believe that this will be from Mr Williams, as nobody can locate Mr Sporter as it is not SCC weekend yet.




On to other matters and Team Manchester, again won the pre-SCC friendly match against Luke Donald and his chubby partner Lee Westwood 5 and 4 at Royal Hale on Thursday night. Luke was humble in his interview after the event,

"What can I say, the course was in great condition, as always, and we really struggled on the back nine. You have to be completely focused for those tricky tee positions and our minds were in another world after watching Guytons high fade, we could barely contain ourselves. But Bramwell certainly was the back bone of the team, after beating Westy on the 1st in the pie eating comp, he managed a solid round of 70 to secure a deserved win. Again we will be putting our money on team Manchester in this years SCC as they seem to be the only team with the length and the girth to take it to the final green on Saturday. Oh by the way, if you see that C Seddon, tell him that he is a spawny git and he should be definitely off 6, 7 my arse."

Team Birmingham Also Taking New Approach

With so many teams in this years SCC taking a new approach, Team Birmingham have also decided to come public by giving an insight into the approach that will hopefully lead to ultimate glory and see them crowned as Champion City 2011.

Drastic approaches such as Team Liverpool's Seddon actually acknowledging a handicap decrease for once, Team Nottingham's Williams deciding some months ago that a straight, longer ball was not suitable to cliff lined fairways of Nefyn GC and Team Manchesters Guyton actually retiring from all forms of golf apart from this one event, his first game of golf in nearly 2 years.

On to Birmingham's approach.....

Following a second year of disapointment, Brooker and Williams enlisted the services of some of the fittest minds at Birmingham City University (couldn't afford actual Birmigham Uni) to look into the contributing factors that have lead to the lack of success. The outcome was as follows:

1. The lack of chipping ability from a 'so-called' scratch golfer

2. Williams being such a sick note

3. Manchester being such spawny gits

4. Altitude

The first 3 are beleived to ever presents that need to accepted, and learnt to be dealt with, the fourth however was addressable (is that a word?).
The SCC is always played at sea level, where the quality of air is superb and packed full of oxygen. Team Birmingham play a majority of their golf in the highest city in the country and therefore the main reason for our lack of success is that all the oxygen at sea level goes to their heads at crucial moments.

To try and acclimatise to the conditions that will be found at this years SCC the 2 players are taking quite different approaches. Brooker is spending a large amount of time along a different stretch of the Welsh coast and is currently believed to somewhere near Haverfordwest in a shitty B&B. Williams, unable to uproot his family to the coast has decided to go against the orders of experts and further dilute the quality of his oxygen by burying his rather huge nose in some of shittiest nappies ever seen (an assumption based on the fact that a Williams is producing the shit!)

We now know the reasons why, in less than 2 weeks we will know if the approach has worked!

Seddon shoots society Record forcing SCC betting markets to Rock!!!!

Team Liverpool's (No2) starlet yesterday smashed the record books of the Crown Jewels golf society by taking the weekly winnings (£53) with a sterling performance. The steady 8.3 handicapper had "just one of those days". In a statement 'Massive C' Seddon claims, "I'm devastated... I was two bad knocks from playing off 9 for this years competition and I go and do a thing like this!" Massive C shot a huge 43 points in a one over par round of golf that bodes well for Team Liverpool followers (captured in picture below).




What is probably the tightest and highest golf course on the Crown Jewels society circuit, Seddon guided his ball masterfully round Goring and Streatley Golf Course of which was the young mans debut appearance. Seddon stated, " The course was just set up for me today. Its tight, long, fast and you have to be on top of your short game. You need to have draws & fades in the locker and make plenty of birdies. I hear its the total opposite to Hale Municipal GC. I feel like I left a few shots out there today. I just hope I haven't peaked too soon before the big weekend!"


Seddon's new handicap of 7 will take some playing to after the changes made to his swing over the winter months, but the new look Team Liverpool will surely be in the mix come SCC Saturday afternoon. "I know we have the support (another reminder of the good luck gesture passed on from W&C at that wedding last Friday), its just a matter of my partner and I turning up and doing what we do.... winding up Bumwell until he kicks off with even more local bouncers!"

Team Liverpool preparation “spot on, as usual”

SCC crowd favourites and perennial nearly men Team Liverpool have been taking a relaxed approach to preparing for this year’s big event at Nefyn GC.

Ian Woosnam OBE, former Masters champion and captain of the SCC commentary team, commented to SCCblogspot:

“It may be a bit unorthodox, but I think they’ve got it spot on, as usual.

I mean, why play more golf than you actually need to?”

Matkinson has stepped up his preparation in recent weeks by promoting his new “SCC diet”, in conjunction with various fast food joints on Holloway Road in north London.

“I’m a particular favourite of The Colonel, obviously.” Matkinson explained. “Although I also like the Keema Kebab, Pizza, Chicken, Fish, Chips, Sandwich and Salad House. It’s all about building a solid base for a solid swing.”

We can also report that Matkinson thought his birthday golf lesson a qualified success:

“He [the Hanbury Manor GC pro] looked at several aspects of my game. And he recommended quite a few changes to almost every aspect, to be honest. He also thought I had, I quote, ‘next to no chance’ of keeping a ball in play round Nefyn, which I think was a tad harsh.”

Taken a bit aback by this feedback, Matkinson has since limited his preparation to a little relaxed crazy golf with his girlfriend:

“I particularly wanted to work on my putting after last year’s debacle. Obviously a little crazy golf might help. Plus it’s good practise in case I’m ever asked to play Royal Hale.”

Chris Seddon, or “Seds” as he is affectionately known, has also been carbing up a bit in preparation for the SCC:



But he has largely been focusing on the mental aspects of his game.

“I’m just trying to block out a few things which might make me angry or upset”, Seds explained.

It’s to be hoped, then, that no-one mentions that semi-final at any stage during the weekend in Nefyn.

When asked by SCCblogspot about his recent Wembley experience, Seds flew into a rage and refused to talk any further to us, muttering bitterly “why didn’t he play Matty Taylor from the start, what was he thinking?”